Astros acquire young outfielder to complete trade with KC

The Astros acquired outfielder D’Andre Toney from the Royals to complete the trade that in March sent Humberto Quintero and Jason Bourgeois to Kansas City.

The wait of 2 1/2 months to name the player came from the requirement that a player cannot be traded in his first year as a professional. Toney, 20, was a 14th-round pick of the Royals out of Gulf Coast Community College in Florida last year.

He hit well last year for the Royals’ lowest-level domestic affiliate at their spring training complex in Arizona. Drafted with what was considered a raw set of tools, he impressed, batting .340 with a .587 slugging percentage. He split time between center and left field.

Toney was in extended spring training this year. The Astros will send him to rookie-level Greeneville, one rung on the organizational ladder up from where he spent last year.

He joins lefthanded reliever Kevin Chapman to complete the compensation package for Quintero and Bourgeois. Chapman, 24, has a 2.30 ERA and 20 unintentional walks and 31 strikeouts for Class AA Corpus Christi.

Quintero has picked it up slightly on offense, hitting .230 with a .261 on-base percentage and a .354 slugging percentage; Bourgeois has spent most of the year in Class AAA.

Astros suffer illness, injuries

Jordan Schafer’s weeklong problem with a chest cold type of illness was compounded by the arrival of pinkeye, which kept him out of Sunday’s game. It’s the latest setback for Schafer, who has dealt with various injuries and illnesses all year, and comes at the end of a miserable week for the Astros.

They’ve seen four position players go to the disabled list in the last nine days and had Schafer and Chris Johnson miss games with illness, though Johnson returned Sunday.

The Astros tried to keep Schafer away from the team as much as possible but didn’t have a whole lot of options with a flight to San Francisco looming after the game.

“Maybe we’ll quarantine him back in the bathroom in the rear of the plane or something,” manager Brad Mills said jokingly.

Altuve’s theft, HR for the books

Jose Altuve became the first major leaguer since Mitch Moreland in 2010 and the first Astro since Jeff Bagwell in 1993 to hit a home run and steal home in the same game.

Before vacating the yard for the fourth time this season in the eighth inning, Altuve swiped the plate in the sixth on a perfectly executed double steal with Brian Bixler. Bixler took off for second, and White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers never paid much attention to Altuve, who was at third and scored easily while the throw to second was cut off in front of the bag.

“Before the play, I was watching Bixler, and he was ready, so (third-base coach Dave) Clark told me to be ready to go,” Altuve said. “So I saw the catcher throwing and didn’t hesitate and went to home plate.”